Matthew Troutman, M.Ed, Ph.D
Educator, Writer, Speaker
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The article from Rebecca Markovits and Yana Weinstein at UMass-Lowell discussed how two fields (behavior analysis and cognitive psychology) have independently come to similar conclusions about some best practices for learning.
On some Friday in September of last year I was sitting in my Research in Education class trying to contribute to a group discussion of pre-experimental vs. quasi experimental design. Unfortunately, I was distracted.
A long-tenured but now retired teacher described to me during my orientation the grading system at our school is one that “comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable.”